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DANIEL W. SAWYER, BOOTH BAY, MAINE.

Lam Pate-m No. 96,270, dated October 26, 1869.

LACE-LEADER FOR SAILS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, DANIEL W. SAWYER, of Booth Bay, in the county of Lincoln, and State of Maine,

have invented an Improved Lace-Leader for Sails;

and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification, in which-- Figurel shows a sail set, and the mast-hoops resting upon the leaders.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of a leader attached to a portion of a sail.

Figure 3 is a side view of a leader.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

This invention relates to an improvement on the lace-leaders of sails, and consists in a lace-leader which is constructed of one piece of metal with an eye through one end, and with right-angular stays on the opposite end, whereby the leader cah be secured rigidly to the 1nd of a sail, and when so secured will afford a good and durable support for a mast-hoop, as will be hereinafter explained.

To enable others skilled in the art to understand my invention, I will describe its construction and operation.

In the accompanying drawings, fig. l

A represents a sail, which is attached to the mast A by means of a lace-line g, whichispassed alternately through the mast-hoops a and the lace-leaders, which are secured to the luff of the sail.

It will be seen that the mast-hoops a rest upon their respective leaders when the sail is set.

At suitable distances apart along that edge of the sail A which lies next the mast, I attach myimproved leaders by a lashing, (l, which is passed through the eyes 0 and around the leaders, and then around itself somewhat after the manner of forming a cringle.

The leaders hitherto used for receiving the lacinglines of sails consisted of metal eyes attached to the lufif's of the sails by short ropes, which were passed around the grooves in the peripheries of the eyes, and through the sails so as to form loops.

These are objectionablefor various reasons, and 7 more particularly because they droop and do not afi'ord firm supports for the mast-hoops.

I construct a lace-leader entirely of metal, with an eye, 0, vertically through one end, and stay-pieces O 0 formed on the opposite end.

A groove, 1), and a passage, e', allow the leader to be firmly secured to the luff of the sail by the lashing d, which is passed through the eye 6 around the leader, and through the horizontal opening 6', as clearly shown in fig. 2.

The top and bottom sides of the leader are flat, and the stays O G are concave on the sides next the sail-rope binding, so as to fit against the same.

These stays are at right angles to the portion B, and they keep this portion rigidly in a position, which is perpendicular to the binding of the sail.

The stays C 0 also serve as guards to prevent the mast-hoopsfrom wearing out the edge of the sail.

The improved leaders can be made of malleable castrmetal, and applied to sails more economically than the old kinds of leaders, and they will be much more A lace-leader, consisting of a perforated portion, B, and right-angular stay-portions G G, substantially as described.

DANIEL W. SAWYER.

Witnesses:

E. T. ADELL, vL. A. GILMAN. 

